Swotwa Surname

1,839,022nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 101 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Swotwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swotwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1001:154,38219,513
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Swotwa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Swotwa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Swotwa occurs most in Zimbabwe. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Swotwa? popularity and diffusion

Swotwa is the 1,839,022nd most commonly used family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 72,153,920 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Swotwa are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Swotwa is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 100 people, or 1 in 154,382. In Zimbabwe it is most prevalent in: Mashonaland East Province, where 41 percent live, Manicaland Province, where 40 percent live and Harare Province, where 17 percent live. Beside Zimbabwe this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Australia, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Svotwa83563/
Sweetway713/
Suetwa673/
Swatua671/
Swatwi671/
Swothwood670/
Swathwi621/
Swatwood572/
Swatwout571/
Swastwood530/
Swastwout530/
Suadwa5017/
Swadba5011/
Swadvo501/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Swotwa
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